Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-12
THE STRIKE SPREADING.
The Knights Of Labor Attempting to Con-
duct the Strike on the Irish Plan of mo
Concessions, No Rent"

The Knights of Labor ttemp ting to Con-
duct the Strike the Irish Plan Of mo
Concessions. NO Rent"
NEW York, February The extension Of
the strike to the freight handlers on the rail-
road piers of New York is the most serious
blow to commerce that the union men have
struck. The effect Of IL on one road, the DER
sey Central, is almost complete suspension
of business. The men turned out SO sud
denly that the company is left at a great
disadvantage, and its inability to deliver
freight was the cause of much incOnVeni-
encs to the merchants. Men on the other
piers are ready to come out the very minute
the time for receiving an answer to their
demands from the company has expired.
The next move On the part Of the strikers
will be to induce the train men to come out
and thus tie up tie railroads centsr1ng on
the jersey shore. There IS some talk of
getting the deck hands and hremen On the
ferry boats to join the strikers, but these
men are adverse to such a course.
The freight handlers On the Pennsylvania
piers along North river struck at 1 O'Clock
this afternoon.
The freight handlers employed in the
yards OF the New jersey Central railroad at
COmmunipaW and Bayonet this morning
struck for an increase IN wages IN aceor-
dance with notice they served On tLe com
pany yesterday.
The Longshoremen, truckers, pliers, and
other numerous branches Of WOrkmen who
are members of the lOngshOremen's union
employed Inc EdllEOdQ piers OF Tic NOEL4
river turned out at 1 O'Clock to-day. The
men on the Lshigh Valley road pier 2, the
Pennsylvania piers !, 4, and g, the Della
ware, LackaWanna i Western, and the New
York. Lake Erie u Western numbering
nearly 1000 quit work by order OF the long
shOremen's union,
The following appeal was issued to-day:
To TPhoHt it Nay Concern.
After fivs weeks of struggle with the coal
corporations controlling the Jersey coast
We ind it necessary to appeal to all those
having the interest OF humanity at heart;
humanity we say, for this Is q struggle, not
for themselves, but for their ragged and
starving children. So plain is the issue, so
| Just the cause, so necessary the success, that
I We the lOngshOr6m6n5 having grievances OF
/ our own, have resolved 70 sustain them, and
/ has been supported in the position that
/ have been voluntarily taken by all the men
/ who have not forgotten the motto Of the IN
| dustrial organ to-day: IAN injury to one is
/ the concern of all" The principle upon
/ which We came into organized existence
/ Is mutual assistance, and so strO~g Is the ne
! cessity OF Wrlnging from these 6O9lless cor
/ pOrations enough at least to live on that we
! feel called upon to ask for contributions
! from all sources, and respectfully request
/ that such contributions be sent to our head
| quarters, No. 123 Houston street.
| (Signed,) EXECUTIVE BOARD OF ALL IN
/ TEREsTED ORGANIZATIONS
/ The Tribune says: 1t is stated that the
/ next step to be taken by the leaders of the
strike is to put into operation the Irish
/ ''plan of campaign" that is an order will
Labor and other organizations which cgn
| be controlled by district assembly No. 40
to refuse to pay any rent to the landlords
but TO pay the rent money into a fund
/ which will go to the support OF the strikers
This plan has been discussed in all serious
ness by the strikers, and 1t is asserted posi-
| lively by some of them that it will be pui
into operation next Monday. When asked
] uUnnf VurUfH ha HnUa 9th E4yrfgTaH
pie one Of them replied: you can't evic
a whole city"
NEW YORK February 2-The meu at tn,
New York Central freight shed, at st. john
park, numbering 300 struck this afternoon
NOn-uniOn men was put to work, guarded
by police. secret meeting of delegates
representing fifteen district assemblies o.
tine Knights of Labor in the states of New
York, New Jersey and Connecticut, and com
prising 10000 members outside OF distric
assembly 4S, was held in the city last night
at which resolutions of support Wer
adopted.
A meeting of IetaiI coal dealers of New
YOrkEcity was called to-day Oy members o
the retailers Brooklyn coal exchange to con
fer as to the adoption of some plan to GO
coal. Much feeling was manlfested agalns
the strikers. Resolutions were offered de
nOuncing the strikers, but division tool
place and the resolutions were defeated
The meeting then adjourned In confusion
President Austin COrbin, of the PhiIadel
phia 4 Reading company to-day conferred
with the coal presidents individually, Il
accordance with the request made5 hin
by the Knights of Labor. There was III
meeting called, but he visited them at thei
offices. They declined to open any negO
tiatiOns, saying they had now nearly as man,
men as they needed.
NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 3.-The freigh
handlers on the Baltimore & Ohio pier 42
north river, left work this afternoon, beinl
called out by the delegates. They Obeye,
with reluctance, as they never had any trOu
. bic with the company. They were the las
of the railroad men 20 go out.
JERSEY CITY, February 3.-During the rio
here this evening strikers attacked the ltal
ians at the Erie railroad dock. They Wer
we're repulsed by the police after a saVag
+ onslaught with clubs, IN which many Wer
, injured.
PIrrsBURG, Pa, February "a p6rty O.
fOrtz-six men, in charge OF John RsybuEn
T of Cincinnati, passed through this city on
/ special car this morning, en- route to Jerse
City to take the places of the striking long
shOremen. The men had been picked mp /
! Cincinnati by Mr.. Rayburn for the Red Sta
steamship company. They viii be put
work on the Jersey City docks Immedlatel
! upon their arrival. Another car load VII
t reach here from the vest tonight.
PHLADELPHLA, February 3.-A genera
strike has been ordered of the Reading raj
road coal handlers at Port Richmond.
cOmmi ttes from the New York strike ha
l visited the coal handlers here, and froI
, statements made by the men it is expecte
that a uniform movement viii be inaugJ
Z rated along the entire line and at all tn
4 mines.